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The Amazing Teeny Tiny Pop Up Balcony
My Great Outdoors
We had a tiny terrace for garbage and cleaning tools, some spare paint, the willingness to spend about 70 euro and a free weekend. So we thought it through, bought some wood and plants and spent a day and a half doing some painting and handywork.
We managed to get it all very sturdy using heavy hinges and heavy duty shelf supports from the hardware store. Everything folds flat to the wall, so we can easily reach our recycling I've managed to get into the square meter behind the black little fence - using shelving. (Luckily we also have a garage downstairs, so we can always store some garbage there if needed).
It's tiny, it's ridiculous, it's a hassle to get stuff from inside once you're comfy, but it's lovely. It seats up to 3 people, catches direct sunlight from 3pm, and stays sunny the whole evening. Ideal for breakfast, coffee after work, light meals, late drinks or even some writing or reading. We're so happy to be able to just step outside so easily now. And so is Cartouche, our indoor cat.
Thanks, Arnod!
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Ingenious - I love it!
Your little balcony is really lovely. My cats are envious of Cartouche. :)
WOW!!!! Let me be the first to say "This is such an incredible use of space! I am truly inspired."
I am also jealous of your sweet kitty cat that she can spend all day lounging around on that little patio. If you could train her to scoot into the apartment to fetch cold drinks & snacks you wouldn't have to worry about getting up again "once you're comfy".
I love this patio & plan to try something like this as soon as I get settled into my new 20 x 20 flat- I know this idea will work for indoor areas as well as outdoor.
Thank you, Arnod, for sharing this.
Very lovely! Thank you so much for the detailed photos of how things fold. Cartouche is so charming, a great spokesmodel for the before-and-after version!
What a wonderful spot! Congratulations, & enjoy!!
So clever and beautiful! The plants are beautifully arranged and I love how happy Cartouche is! I love how kitties think every improvement is especially for them.
There is this GREEN (with jealousy) person walking around Toronto -- it is ME. I am jealous of your brill idea and execution. WOW it is amazingly clever and effective... GREEN with envy!!
How many of us just had to click on this to see more of cartouche? **raises hand**
I can see why you think it's a hassle and why you think it's totally worth it. Very ingenius use of a teeny tiny space, well done. The next question is paint or no paint?
Great job! The space is lovely and so is Cartouche.
very clever indeed!
smart and beautiful!
So sensible...I just love it. Almost as much as Cartouche seems to.
Such a clever idea! Looks like fun.
Nice project, but what's with the gratuitous shirtless photo? Not that you don't have a nice body and all, but really?
Ahem, AmandainAustin... no ruining the fun for the rest of us, if you please! :L
I'd love to have seen a final shot with 3 balconests crammed in as described, just for a notion!
"Nice project, but what's with the gratuitous shirtless photo?"
I'm going with this being a "just woke up and am having morning brunch" shot. Or just bragging about the fact that he doesn't have to worry about a "No shirt, no shoes, no service" policy on his terrace. Either way, it's all good.
Amanda, you're joking, aren't you???
All in one photo: the gorgeous transformation of a tiny space, a lovely sweet cat and a guy's nice body: what more could you want? ;-)
Clever and beautiful. Amzing job. Just one question: Are you not afraid that adorable Cartouche might go for a dive?
such great use of the space. very inspiring!
Oh my gosh. That is too cute. I love your creativity and use of a small space.
That's ingenious! Also, I'm jealous of the view. I need to move somewhere pretty. Sigh.
This is just so smart!
I like your balcony.
I love your cat. :D
absolutely brillant. J'aime le petit chat, le corps de l'homme et la terrase.
Way to go guys! Great job!!! This is exactly the type of post I LOVE seeing on AT. Clever and really adaptable idea! Plus, what a pretty kitty!
Amanda, some of us want the gratuitous shirtless photo every once in a while, we see enough hipsters and girls in sundresses on here, we deserve a shirtless Belgian now and then. But def an awesome use of space, couldnt imagine how you could have used it better!
the most amazing transformation I've ever seen! I love the fold down tables and the versatility it adds.
Love the cat, and love the casual it's-my-house-and-I'll-wear-or-not-wear-whatever-I-want look
Slim opgelost!
Ik ben zelf een trouwe lezer van deze blog en heb al heel wat inspiratie opgedaan. Blij om nog een keertje iets vanuit Belgie te ontdekken. Zelf woon ik amper 50m2 maar heb wel 20m2 terrasruimte. Ik moet dus creatief zijn binnen.
well done!
groeten vanuit Mechelen
Stunning! If you nurture your plants as you have your kitty, the kitty will have a lovely jungle to explore.
"I'd love to have seen a final shot with 3 balconests crammed in as described..."
... all shirtless, please!!!
Fantastic balcony transformation, by the way.
This is a lovely space. It's amazing what you can do with such a small area. I would love to sit out there with my cat Charlotte!
I think you treat/stain/polish the wood.
I'm with peahen....just heard of a friend's cat who broke her leg falling from the balcony! A catio is a great idea.
I love it, what a good idea!
this is brilliant! i want to come over and sit on the patio!
Heel mooi opgelost
Groeten uit W-VL!
ingenious! defiant! what a smart little space.
just make sure cartouche doesn't take a dive after one of those birdies he's so intently watching! :)
fabulous job on what many would pass off as a useless space.
Great idea! Loved it! I see that the cat loves it too. :)
I love it - its just lovely...and your cat is gorgeous!!


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Let's make this thread the one to go to for any type of Reason Future feature requests/suggestions.
Reason 7 is upon us, and what a great upgrade this will be. Propellerhead has managed to fulfill most of our desires and we are very grateful to them for listening up so closely to our continuous demand.
Although, this new upgrade will keep us occupied for a long long time. I bet we all have at least one dream feature we will love to see included in the future of Reason.
I will try to gather all the requests made so far from my other thread and put them in here for your convenience. Hopefully this can be made into a sticky for us & propellerhead's ease of reach.
Here we go!:
My top 3:
1-In conjunction with Midi out - To be able to use your fave turntable and do actual vinyl scratches and to mix live like a DJ. Something like Serato Scratch where you can manipulate the sounds in the sequencer with the turntable. Such as: Vinyl stop, pitch down and up, scratching, fader and crossfade syncing between two tracks, monitoring and queing up the next track on the headphones.
2-Reason Vocaloid: with choices of female, male, vocal ranges such as baritone, tenor etc. - Robot voices - Advanced vocoder - Advanced Neptune
3-Audio to Midi accurate conversion - I can whistle or hum a melody into a mic and then have the midi data available to insert it into a synth. Beatboxing translated into midi to apply to drums etc.
What are yours?
---------------------------------Requests from the PUF Thread:
nites - Plugin Delay Compensation
charlycharlzz - my 5 here
1) a real SSL controller mixer full size with all reason chanels , and 4 to 8 real mixing hardware chanels for instruments and voice chanels midi etc.
2) a nektar or watever hardware analog synth that also is interconected to reason as a controller with integrated scren softaware thing into the controler .
3) same then n'2 but for drums and patterns
4) same then n'2 and n'3 but for DJ's
5) and may the most whanted , a super midi version of balance2
skoolafish - A browser pane would awesome.
deanc2000 / hollownation - Session View.
sunleed- A very Rack-Extension-way to get more Legendary Mixers (like the SSL we have now in Reason) in your reason Mixer (Window). I don't really have exact models, but I know a lot of engineers and producers that have each their favourite Studio Audio Mixers on which they like to record/mix their sessions. And also the new era digital big mixers.
Bonkhead -
1. clip pitch/speed adjustment (without using timestrech/tempostretch/pitchshift) sampler pitch bend style or DJ turntable/CDJ player style without the master tempo. Best place would be next to the transpose window, on top of the screen. Preferable scale using percentages.
2. adjustable gui colours
3. dunno
4. balance 2 with midi in/out
5. TF 909 emulation (complete like drumazon but with better punchier snardrum and playing bassdrums at diffrent semitone pitches)
electrofux - Remote Block triggering - A means to directly and/or remotely set the target track
DonaldM75 - I'd like to see the Re-wire feature go both ways. I use Reason inside Pro Tools. I love that I can use Rewire to send audio out from Reason to a PT Aux or Audio track for further processing. But, I'd like to be able to, say, take a PT audio track and send it via Rewire IN to Reason to add one of the effects there...Alligator for example, and the send it back via Rewire for to another PT track for further processing. I've never really understood why the Rewire can't go both ways. Its just input and output. Why would an audio signal coming from PT be any different signal-wise, than plugging in an external microphone and recording vocals to a Reason audio track? Its just an audio signal coming from some source. If Reason can record the external source, why not one via rewire from a DAW? Just asking....
martinbfrancis - I assume the Retro Audiomatic thing is a vintage warmer/heat-type device, which is one key thing I've missed. Other than that:
* Faster Browser (indexing)
* Better Browser - doesn't lock you out of program, audio loop auditioning (like ACID had 10 years ago!)
* Better audio editing - the new slicing looks great, but is it track by track? Can I slice and quantize a drum part w/ 8 parts?
* Improved Neptune - current tool is hard to use with any precision, plus super buggy on low notes
bornsticky -
1. Session View Live Mode
(this would round out Reason for me and would make Reason even more amazing than it already is. Especially now with MIDI out).
2. Rewire Host
(this would be killer, and finally Reason wouldn't have to be the slave device!).
3. Dream request here...
Imagine : Timecode Clips!
If you could link a single audio clip to a turntable with a timecoded vinyl or group an entire set of tracks. Mixing and scratching with REAL turntables within Reason... Oh MY God that would be AMAZING!!!!!!!
tiftof -
1. Video support could be handy
2. Drag'n'drop
3. All new integrated browser
4. Midi routing
5. General update of sequencer and piano roll to make it more user-friendly and "smart"
6. Audio editing features
7. Make that damn tool window dockable!! Hate floating windows you always need
8. Channel busses but no way to collapse channel groups? Common!
9. New uber combinator with at least 8 knobs
10. Dynamic grid would be very handy.
11. Easier way to route things. Would be nice if you could click on the cv out and then the cv in to make a connection - instead of the dreaded draaaaaaaaag or huge dropdown menu.
12. Better automation features like S1. I want curves and wave tools for creative automation shapes.
13. Better integration of blocks.
14. A SC HP filter on the Master Bus would be nice
15. Surgical EQ, though that could be a RE
16. audio to midi is really cool. Not exactly essential, but a fun innovation
17. have imported audio automatically adjust to the project tempo.
18. Limitless automation.
Craven - Remote Block triggering and parallel blocks!
also lots of pianoroll and sequenzer improvements
e.g. seeing several clips at once, clip overlay , show notes
I'm waiting for clip overlay since version 1 :-)
Boilerz - 1. Support for multitouch input devices.
bigant - #1 Upgrade both drum modules:
You should be able to chop,edit,crop(in KONG) and then drag and drop on the pads on Kong.
Advance drums synthesis with Kong. Group button
Redrum: Patterns should play after each other in sync. clicking and dragging note up/down adjust the pitch of each note or step. Dragging L/R adjust the pan.
Group button. Clicking and dragging across multiple steps makes them change color for gate length.
Sequencer should be resizable and move anywhere on the screen. Should be able to zoom in and magnify each wav more for surgical audio editing. Should have button for automation like Logic to display specific automation. To stop the clutter when you have multiple automation lanes. Automation should be on wav files and not at the bottom for precise editing.
Piano Roll: Overhaul!
Rakrum -
1) Kontakt-like ADVANCED SAMPLER (so we can get some string libraries and such...)
2) DRAG AND DROP (in case we never get an advanced sampler like NN-Kontakt)
3) ReWire HOST (so Drag & Drop would not be needed)
4) VIDEO (in case we never get to use Reason as a ReWire host)
5) Multiple Lane Editing (to have Violin 1, 2, Viola, and Cello all show up in the piano roll and be able to chose which one I'm editing at any time)
6) Score Editor..... (I don't think that's on many people's priority list...)
npinero - I just want better Audio to Midi than the Neptune workaround provides. Everything else they have in R7 rocks and is all I need.
JesseRyckman -
1. More controls and CV inputs for the combinator! Need this one
2. Adjustable GUI colours (and/or simply more track colours)
3. Better browser - I agree with what others have said on this
4. Better automation features. Being able to record CV signals and that
5. Video would just put Reason on the next level
BlueDragon - VIDEO TRACKS PLEASE for those of us who score to picture
marcuswitt -
1) FX delay compensation
2) VCA groups in the Main Mixer
3) a more advanced Combinator, let's call it "Combinator XL" for now
3) "Melodyne"-like pitch correction/manipulation within audio tracks (should be possible since the basic technology is already implemented in Reason)
4) a Mix automation system that provides all automation modes that are necessary and usefull, such as OVERWRITE, TOUCH, LATCH, TRIM, FILL, READ
5) AAF import/export for a better and more comfortable file exchange with other DAWs
1. Markers with coresponding markers
window and naming. the window list shall corespond
with the timeline both ways.
Markers 1-4 each should have a shortcut
directly above the timeline for fast save and recall
markers 1-4.
2. Audio group editing list, a way to select lets say
a string quartet 4 mono tracks and a stereo track
save it as a editing group for copy/paste, Xfades,
and so on, directly on the timeline.
It could also be collapsing track editing, I dont care.
But this feature would lift Reason into highend
3. Xfades directly on the timeline, just a plain logarithmic
xfade with -3db at the x point. No need for a 15 pages
xfade window. A easy shortcut with a predefine xfade time
Like 10 ms. and a easy to grap handles for changing the length.
if nessesary.
4. Expanded audio clip level drawing, I would love to be able to draw
audio level directly on a clip instead of using automation for this.
it would speed up editing, its already very nice with the clip level
feature, but still a way to draw volume changes inside a clip would be
5. midi editing while still seing a audio track for refernce editing
between midi/audio.
A new day is coming...
Keep the dream alive - Add your dream requests here.
Propellerhead is listening!!!
A new day is coming...
1. See it all Zoom Button. Like Full Page in a write or paint Programm. You are quickly into the Zoom but bad back.
2. Posibility to Store Pictures and Metadata for the Aiff in the Reason File. For every Change i must do this again like in the Stonage.
3. Patches and Patch Browser for the Matrix. Or a better complete new Pattern Sequencer with Patches.
4. Possibility for importing Audio in the correct Time and Beat without the need to readjust. Annoying if one put many files with different tempi in a mastering file.
Midi notes invert, midi notes quantization Start + End as in Ableton - would save me lots of time!
1. Now that we have MIDI out, I'd love to see a sample utility e.g. Sample Robot. Lets REALLY get our hardware into the rack, via NN-XT.
2. I know this is a dicey issue, but I'd love to see an export to mp3 option for a quick and dirty way to get a small song file out (for emailing, for example)
A new day is coming...
I've only seen clarification about getting mp3s in. I wasn't going to assume that that functionality included getting them out. If it does, great! Can a Props insider provide any clarity?
A new day is coming...
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Re: Need for Speed World.
I have tried the free version for a bit and read some tests. Not gonna buy it because :
- the steering is not well designed
- You dont get the "world" feeling becasue everybody is just hanging out at the spots where the races start. Nobody does driving around. Huge explorable world means nothing if there is nothing to explore besides empty roads.
- It is not free, even though it looks like it in the beginning.
( You can get the first 10 levels without paying anything, but after that you have to pay to get further XP,and the cool cars only come at lvl 30, so either you pay or you can drive around in your crappy car all life long )
- Most races are won by the guy who has most luck at the collisions at the start.
- Trackmania is just the better racing game
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Did it have a monthly fee? I seem to recall something about that.
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Team Thad Leads the Charge at Knox Vegas….17 and Under Team Capsules
Tough week for me and my closest friends. Thanks for everyone who offered their prayers as my friends father was rushed to the hospital. He has since returned home and is doing better.
Now back to where we left off last week the 17 and under capsules for the Knox Vegas Heat event.
Team Thad made the long trip to Knoxville to show it belonged among the nations elite. They did little to disappoint.
Bison Nab BGA Dynamo
Nathan Moran (BGA) had a dream.
The senior guard also had some lofty goals for his final high school campaign.
Win a state championship….check
Take home state tournament MVP honors…check
Bryan College Welcomes the "Dirty Dozen"
Putting the hours in.
Your nose to the grindstone.
Whatever cliché you wish to use the undeniable fact of the matter is that the boys at Bryan College are doing work.


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A healthier choice! Gluten-fee banana bread
Banana bread didn't become completely popular until the 1960s. Suddenly everyone started baking banana bread, including our Mom, Aunti Lou and Aunt Tally. There was always a banana bread debate in this family! Aunti Lou's was a cake and much sweeter. She made it in a tube pan and it Always rose ...Read More


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Fantasy Guide is updated through September 01. At the end of the Anaheim Ducks section, there is a 60% off coupon code to pick up the DobberFootball fantasy guide and/or playbook. It makes the football stuff cost less than "chump change".
Jeff Angus takes a look at why the lockout will benefit the Dallas Stars here. It's a nice little series of articles he's doing, here are the others he has done so far:
Lockout Beneficiaries, Part I: Long Island
Lockout Beneficiaries, Part II: Philadelphia
Lockout Beneficiaries, Part III: Vancouver
In case you missed my series on Puck Daddy over the past week, here are the links:
Mile High Hockey wonders if Jamie McGinn can top 20 goals again in the year ahead. They smartly answer 'no', but leave the door open with a few reasons for hope. Keep in mind, there are six forwards ahead of him for power-play time. A great guy to have on the third line, adding an extra dimension to the offense - 15 or 17 goals from a third liner with no PP time is a huge boost. But I don't think I'd draft him before a bench round.
How good will the AHL be in October? Think of the players who will play in that league. Hell, think of Minnesota's farm team in Houston. Mikael Granlund, Brett Bulmer, Charlie Coyle, Johan Larsson, Jason Zucker and I'm not sure but I think Zach Phillips could be eligible as well - he turns 20 on October 28. I think Jared Spurgeon and Marco Scandella are eligible as well - but since Spurgeon didn't see AHL time last year…I'm not certain about him. I'll look through the rules on this one later today, or maybe a reader who knows offhand can post a note in the comments and I'll update this blurb accordingly. The point is - AHL quality skyrockets.
In case you missed it Saturday, Rich Dillon runs through some Hobey Baker candidates over at DobberProspects.
Jamie McGinn showing off some nice hands:
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(NEW YORK) Andy & Debb put the icing on the cake with a Spring 2009 collection that was consistent and divine. Korean designers Seokwon Andy Kim and Wonjeong Debbie Yoon, who met as Pratt students, were inspired by sweetness this season and it showed. "We played with drapery and texture and at the same time found ourselves baking cupcakes for our children; they love decorating cupcakes as an art project and we have been noticing how great the swirls looks, so we brought it into our designs," said Yoon. Milky pastels dominated with cherry, banana, kiwi, mint, chocolate and vanilla comprising the collection.
Bubble hems, organza frosting-like folds and pleats, creamy colors, beaded sprinkles and fluff and puff enhanced the dessert. "The collection has a 40s-50s feeling to it with a couture sensibility," said Anne Christensen, who styled the show. "It feels almost like Balenciaga from the 50s and 60s with that fuller back and draping detailing. Their craftsmanship is impeccable." The energy was so high that a model lost the heel to her shoe and walked the entire runway on her tip toes in perfect form - without missing a step. And what a treat it was!


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One of the oldest Reform Congregations in the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), Temple B'nai Sholom is located in the historic Twickenham District in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. Our beautifully-maintained historic building is the oldest synagogue in continuous use in Alabama. Our congregation is a dynamic and diverse community where newcomers are always welcome to share our worship services, holiday celebrations, special events, and adult education classes. Temple B'nai Sholom has something for everyone:
NACHAS - Community religious school for children Kindergarten through Confirmation. Open to all members of the North Alabama Jewish community.
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The Pulse
Kaplan's monthly series for pre-meds
Next Episode:
Kaplan's Medical School Insider 2014
Monday, April 14th | 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT
Getting into medical school is tough — less than half the students who apply are accepted. With application season right around the corner, we're taking an inside look at the medical school admissions process in this special 2-hour episode. We'll be joined live by deans of admission from prominent medical schools and experts on medical education, who will answer your questions about what it takes to go from applicant to accepted.
On April 14th, join our expert panel:
Dr. Gary C. Butts
Dr. Gary C. Butts is currently Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Mount Sinai Health System and Senior Associate Dean for Diversity Programs, Policy and Community Affairs for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In these roles, Dr. Butts is responsible for oversight, management and integration of all aspects of diversity programs and policies for the Mount Sinai Health System to ensure diversity and inclusion as an integral core institutional value and resource across the health system, including the medical and graduate schools, graduate medical education and the Mount Sinai Hospitals Group.
Dr. Butts holds joint appointments as Professor with tenure in the Departments of Pediatrics, Medical Education, and Preventive Medicine and has been an integral member of the senior leadership team at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai since 1998. He has spent over 3 decades providing healthcare services to East and Central Harlem residents and the past 15 years developing and spearheading efforts to improve and sustain racial, ethnic and gender diversity across all levels of education, training, and faculty for the School of Medicine. Under his leadership, the medical school has become one of the most diverse student bodies among US private medical schools and Mount Sinai has doubled the percent of Black and Latino faculty and housestaff. Dr. Butts has held regional and national leadership positions with the Association of American Medical Colleges and Associated Medical Schools of New York.
Paul T. White, J.D.
Paul White has been affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University since 1994, first as Director of Undergraduate Admissions and then as the Assistant Dean for Admissions at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Mr. White also served as director of the Financial Aid Office from February 2002 until June 2006. From 2006 to February 2012, Mr. White worked at the University of Minnesota Medical School as the Associate Dean for Admissions, before returning to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2012.
Mr. White's professional career began at Yale University in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, where he was an Assistant Director of Admissions. He later served as an Associate Dean of Admissions at Hamilton College and as the Senior Associate Dean of Admissions at Colgate University.
Mr. White received the Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Yale University and the Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center. He serves as a member of the Educational Testing Services Scholarship Selection Review Committee and is a former member of the scholarship committees for the National Merit Scholarship and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Dr. Nida Degesys
Dr. Nida Degesys is a recent graduate from the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). Previously, she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ohio University and completed post-baccalaureate work in pre-medical studies at Cleveland State University. She served as an economic development and health volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps in Panama helping a women's cooperative gain sustainability and teaching children oral hygiene and nutrition.
Prior to her previous position as AMSA National Secretary, Dr. Degesys was AMSA's Chair of the Medical Education Action Committee and coordinated AMSA Academy's Teaching Tomorrow's Teachers Today, a medical education leadership institute in Washington, D.C. In 2009-2010 she was Education Coordinator for the committee on the culture of medicine. She was also the 2009 AMSA medical education research winner with her research on team based learning in the basic sciences and has presented her research on topics ranging from patient safety, students' attitudes towards disabilities, dental equipment, to educational pedagogy both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Degesys is also very active on her campus. She was appointed by the Governor of Ohio to serve as a Trustee on the NEOMED Board of Trustees, she was the president of the Palliative Care Interest Group and Vice-President of the Geriatric Interest Group at NEOUCOM. Between her M1 and M2 year she completed an eight-week research program in geriatric oncology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Degesys enjoys spending time with her husband, David (a law professor), her 2 pugs, reading, traveling, and practicing yoga and Zumba.
Dr. Jeffrey Koetje
Dr. Jeffrey Koetje, graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has devoted his professional life to supporting and enriching the personal and professional development of students entering the health professions. After deciding not to pursue clinical medicine, Jeff continued his journey in a new direction with a focus on education.
Prior to joining the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) in June, 2012, he spent 11 years with Kaplan Test Prep, working with pre-health students in various roles: from full-time teacher to director of Kaplan's MCAT Summer Intensive Program. Starting in 2008, he served as the Assistant Director of Pre- Health Programs at Kaplan's headquarters in New York City. In his national role, Jeff worked closely with pre-health advisors, with medical school deans and directors, and with representatives from the national organizations representing schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and optometry.
Jeff now serves premedical and medical students as the Education and Research Director for AMSA. In his role, he provides day-to-day oversight, leadership, and expertise in the ongoing development, planning, execution, monitoring, and evaluation of educational programs, research activities and projects for AMSA and the AMSA Foundation. He is responsible for evaluating and improving all aspects of programming, fostering innovation and efficiency in all educational endeavors to meet the diverse needs of physicians-in-training.
He loves working with pre-med and medical students, in whose faces he sees reflected the same hopes, dreams, anxieties, and neuroticisms that he himself possessed as a doctor-to-be. In his spare time, Jeff is an avid cook. He also enjoys collecting – and wearing – vintage and custom-made bow ties.
Meet your moderator:
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Director, MCAT 2015
Owen Farcy is director of MCAT 2015 for Kaplan Test Prep, and is responsible primarily for operations and program development for the company's pre-medical programs. As a long-time top-rated faculty member for Kaplan, Owen is intimately familiar with the MCAT and medical school admissions. An interest in global health and student advocacy has helped him to work closely with several prominent pre-health student groups such as the American Medical Student Association, Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity, and Global Brigades. With a new, expanded MCAT scheduled to debut in 2015, Owen's main focus is working with students, undergraduate advisors, and medical schools to adapt to the new admissions landscape. He is also the host of The Pulse, Kaplan's monthly live web-series for pre-medical students. Owen holds a BS in Biology from Emory University, and has previously worked in environmental education and sustainable development.


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The Contests
Whole Foods Summer Contests: The Grand Prize Winner!
We have a grand prize winner for our summer contests with Whole Foods Market!
Brita will receive a $1,000 gift card to Whole Foods for her Buffalo Mozzarella with Balsamic Glazed Plums, Pine Nuts and Mint, which won our contest for Your Best Recipe Using Fresh Mozzarella in June. Congratulations Brita!
Kate Rowe, Senior Editor of Whole Foods' Integrated Media Team, commented on the win: "It's rated 4 stars by 64 people, has 330 comments voting for it, and features a very creative use of pairing the designated ingredient -- fresh mozzarella -- with plums."
Whole Foods will also be selecting 8 random winners from the comments section of their blog -- stay tuned: if you voted, this could be you! These folks will receive a $52 Whole Foods Market gift card and a copy of the forthcoming food52 cookbook.
Thanks to everyone who voted and congratulations to all the winners!
Comments (14)
over 3 years ago lastnightsdinner
Congrats to Brita and to all of the finalists!
over 3 years ago sigrid olsen
Wonderful Brita!!!
over 3 years ago cheese1227
Well deserved, this is a lovely dish. I love ot watch guest faces when they bite into it after saying "plums, mozz and vinegar, really?" They are duly converted on the combination.
over 3 years ago Brita
Oh my gosh! As if winning the mozzarella contest wasn't enough.. this is just the BEST news ever. Thank you everyone and Whole Foods! I'm already dreaming up my next concoction. :)
over 3 years ago Lena S.
Congrats! That is very exciting!
over 3 years ago Sagegreen
Congrats, Brita! Well done.
over 3 years ago TheWimpyVegetarian
Congratulations Brita! I've made this recipe a couple times now and loved it. You had some formidable competition with all the great recipes in this fun contest. Congrats to all the finalists for some mighty fine food!
over 3 years ago dymnyno
Congratulations Brita...a great recipe and easy to prepare. But, congratulations to all the finalists...it was a great field of entries!
over 3 years ago nannydeb
over 3 years ago Kitchen Butterfly
Congrats to Brita - it is a stunning recipe!
over 3 years ago
Mrs. Larkin is a trusted source on Baking.
Yay, Brita! Congrats!
over 3 years ago WinnieAb
Lucky Brita...congrats!
over 3 years ago
Abbie is a trusted source on General Cooking.
That's awesome - congratulations!!!
over 3 years ago Lizthechef
Congratulations, Brita! Happy grocery shopping :)


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Process authoring software and process library
IBM Rational Method Composer is a flexible process management platform with a method authoring tool and a process asset library to help you implement measured improvement of your enterprise, systems engineering, or software delivery processes. Rational Method Composer tooling lets you create, edit, manage, and publish process descriptions. The process and practice libraries provide best practice content that you can reuse as is or that you can tailor to compose your own processes.
- Best practices: Includes practices that use process expertise and experience in agile development; systems engineering; real-time, embedded software development; governance and compliance; requirements management; quality management; and change and release management.
- Process configuration: Lets you configure processes by selecting only those practices that address your operational objectives.
- Process authoring: Enables you to manage, author, evolve, measure, and deploy effective processes tailored to your project needs.
- Process tailoring: Captures and maintains your practices and combines them with IBM practices and processes for maximum results.
- Process delivery: Enables consistent results across all projects through proven best practices and provides information through integrations with Rational tools for lifecycle management.
Best practices
- Rational Method Composer ships with two libraries: IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) and IBM Practice Library, based on the Unified Method Framework (UMF).
- Rational Method Composer features over 100 customizable process plug-ins and practices, including RUP, for solving common business, management, or systems and software development problems.
- This software includes predefined tool configuration assets, such as process templates, artifact templates, and report templates for Rational tools.
- It provides recommended metrics and guidance for setting up a system to support measured improvement.
Process configuration
- With Rational Method Composer, you can combine multiple plug-ins to create a process configuration for your project's environment.
- Process Builder lets you create a method configuration based on operational objectives. You can browse, preview, and select without knowing the details of the design and structure of the method library and its content.
- The Configuration editor helps you select a base method configuration; apply plug-ins, practices, and other process components; configure process views; and publish your customized process.
Process authoring
- Rational Method Composer provides forms-based editors for creating content that conforms to the OMG Systems and Software Process Meta-mode (SPEM 2.0).
- These editors process pasted HTML and Microsoft® Word documentation to ensure consistent formatting of the end product.
Process tailoring
- Rational Method Composer ships with a predefined set of questions for selecting from the practices content based on operational objectives.
- The Authoring perspective provides re-use mechanisms to help you tailor content without changing the original content. It supports multiple variants of a process with common content automatically synchronized across all variants to simplify maintenance of your methods.
- The Tailoring perspective provides project managers and team leads the views and functions required to customize a process, while hiding information only required for authoring.
Process delivery
- Rational Method Composer lets you use RSS feeds to generate process information for subscribers in multiple standard formats, such as Atom and RSS 2.0 from a Lucene search index.
- You can export IBM Rational Team Concert™ work item templates based on Rational Method Composer work breakdown structures. The templates can be instantiated in Rational Team Concert to create release plans, iterations plans, or ad hoc set of tasks that are repeated frequently. These work items include links to relevant process guidance to simplify enactment and compliance to the process.
- You can export Microsoft Project templates based on Rational Method Composer work breakdown structures to simplify creation of Microsoft Project Plans. Each plan item includes links to role descriptions, input and output work products, and tasks and activities from Rational Method Composer.
Rational Method Composer resources
- Data sheet: Rational Method Composer
Learn more about the features and benefits of Rational Method Composer.
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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP1
Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate
Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate SP2
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768 MB RAM minimum, an additional 1 GB RAM is required for the BIRT reporting feature, 2 GB RAM or more recommended.
Disk Space:
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LAN support: Any Windows or UNIX supported network
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ClearCase integrations: SCM Eclipse-supported version 7.5.0, 8.0 or CCRC version 7.0.1, 7.1.x, 7.1.2, 8.0
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CVS 1.11.17 and future fixpacks
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Rational Team Concert 2.0.x, 3.0.x
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Microsoft Project 2003, 2007
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Rational Common Licensing 8.1.1
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Did attorney general make case for killing U.S. citizens without trial?by Opinion Staff
In a speech Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder took a stab at explaining the White House's legal justification for killing a U.S. citizen in Yemen last year without a trial. The Obama administration has been criticized for violating the suspected terrorist's constitutional right to "due process."
But Holder argued that "due process" didn't necessarily mean that the American-born suspected terrorist, Anwar al-Awlaki, was entitled to be informed of the accusations against him or tried in court.
" 'Due process' and 'judicial process' are not one and the same," Holder said, "particularly when it comes to national security."
But Holder didn't say much else. And he has not released the secret legal memo that the Department of Justice wrote up to rationalize the decision to kill al-Awlaki with a drone attack.
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Mobile Websites
Mobile users aren't using their phones to simply surf the web—they're searching with a definite purpose in mind. According to a recent survey, 70 percent of mobile searches lead to action within one hour.1 Make sure your business is mobile-ready!
Starting at $29.95 per month. Prices vary by market and product and are subject to change.
Be found by customers on-the-go with a mobile website.
Mobile Website Features
- Professional mobile-ready website design
- Pages optimized for viewing across thousands of different mobile devices
- Self-service tool for instant updates anytime
- Detailed analytics and reporting
Quick Response (QR) Codes
Link your print materials to your mobile website with a custom QR code.
"I foresee everybody having a smartphone, being able to get online and find what they want instantly… Supermedia connecting us with mobile is very important."
— Mike Lunderville, Mike's Custom Floor Repair
- Tap into a growing audience. Experts predict that, by 2015, there will be more local searches coming from smartphones than from PCs in the United States.2 With a mobile website in place, your business will be perfectly poised to capture this growing market.
- Don't penalize your mobile customers. Although smartphones can render full websites for the most part, the navigation and browsing experience is typically subpar for mobile users. More and more small businesses are offering websites designed specifically for their mobile customers. If you're not, your customers may end up jumping over to a competitor's site.
- Provide information at a glance for your customers on the go. Most mobile users are looking for your phone number, your location, your business hours, and/or any special deals you may be offering. With a mobile website, you can quickly and easily provide them with the info they need to make a purchase.
2. BIA/Kelsey, When Will Mobile Local Searches Eclipse Desktop?, 2012


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Molasses Cookies
Recipe courtesy Anne Burrell
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- Pinch salt
- 1 1/2 sticks butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup molasses
- Turbinado sugar, for coating
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
In medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt and set aside.
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and then the molasses. In thirds, gently mix in the flour mixture until just combined.
Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out the cookie dough into 1-inch balls onto a sheet tray covered with turbinado sugar. Gently toss the cookies in the sugar, covering them completely. Place the sugar-coated dough balls on another sheet tray and gently squish a little.
Bake for 9 to 10 minutes. Remove the cookies to a rack to cool.
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